Same thing here, I've been using it since '06 but for no reason I never registered...

From Vit's ma page. "The band claim to be members of an ancient cult from fictional Swansylvania, Ohio, but are actually from Columbus. "

Awesome.

The first page of this thread is a peek into a disturbing past

When absolutely everyone had a custom title.

heh. I'm still curious as to who decided we're from Columbus, considering no one in the has ever band lived there.

I was born in a hospital there, but I doubt anyone on MA knew that. haha.

A time when the forums were actually good? *slapped*

I wouldn't put it like that. But everyone seemed to know each other, have inside jokes, and were funnier without trying so hard

Yep - judging by the threads that remain from that time (along with using the Wayback Machine on rainy days), it looks like MA was indeed a more small-towny place back in the day.

Imagine the exchanges they had. "well Howdy Esoteric, have you heard of Satan's Almighty Penis?"

Hi guys
I'm NymphetamineGrrl, I'm a newbie. I live in Italy, I'm lesbian, and my favourite genres of metal are Melodic Death, Death, Gothic and Doom. The top 5 of my favourite bands would be 1. Opeth, 2. In Flames, 3. Iron Maiden, 4. Nightwish, 5. Burzum
..now I'm satisfied

You live in Italy, but you're in the UK?

Welcome anyway, cool to have another member of the LGBT community.

I guess you're a fan of Cradle of Filth too. Welcome aboard, and if you're looking for some melodic death metal recommendtations, I would check the Death Metal Help Thread in Recommendation Central, it's thanks to that thread that I found Insomnium. So it may help you.

Also, it's great to see a fellow British person on the board. England!

good mornin everybody.

excited about joining. none of my friends listen to metal, so i never get music discuss it with anybody.

Welcome! this is the greatest place to discuss not only metal, but almost any other genre of music.

hey ;] my name and location is on right side
I was passive user for about few years, and now finally decided to turn into an active one

At the moment I live in Italy, but I move to England every year for long periods I'm going to move there once for all in the next years

Hey, everyone. I figured I ought to do a proper introduction, so here it is. I'm just some guy from Louisiana who studies anthropology and listens to a lot of fucking metal. There's not a single shop around here that caters for especially to that sort of thing, so I lurk on several forums to download shit, since I just can't bring myself to buy music online. I was lucky enough to have an older brother who grew up on the stuff coming out of New Orleans so I was exposed to metal early on. I've been into black metal since I first heard Hvis Lyset Tar Oss when I was 12 (I'm 20 now). I haven't really explored the genre as much as I'd like to, just kept up with a few bands I knew and liked, but I'd like to find more which is why I've joined. Of course I'm interested in other genres as well.

Then Recommendation Central is where you belong. Go there a mallcore kid, come out a metalhead.

Welcome, Julien Thomas. I'm something of a black metal connoisseur, so ask away if you need any advice. The black metal help thread is the best place for recommendations and advice.

Newbie from Norway, girl 26 (also a lesbian as noted another telling - not that it matter..).

I'm quite new in Metalworld. I started listening to Nightwish many years ago, but I was only able to expand my interest recently. I find my taste expanding every day. I struggle a bit with all the terms, black, doom, thrash etc etc.. Does someone know a site or two that would help me put things straight?

I am a listloving person , so I have to make one or two here

Albums:

Negură Bunget - Om
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Taake - Kveld
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

Bands:

Negură Bunget
Morbid Saint
Bathory
Taake
Emperor
Wolves In The Throne Room


That's all! Hopefully I will learn a lot here and my taste will expand further.

I could help with genres. I'm good at that. PM me if you want to accept the offer.

Winter9, Don't listen to him!

When it comes to genres, I know what I'm talking about. This is the one thing I am good at!

also, suckin' d's he's real good. cheap too.

(kn-sûr, -sr)

2. A person of informed and discriminating taste...

..who doesn't rate Coldworld and thinks Nagelfars' keyboards sound "crappy"

greetings, everyone. i'm Zombieman (i know, it's shocking, it's not like it says my username by my post or anything). i live in the St. Louis sort of area, and i'm a fan of pretty much all Metal subgenres (except Nu-Metal and whatnot, of course), though there are some i'm more familair with than others. so yeah, this seems like a cool forum and definitely an awesome site, though i guess i shouldn't guarantee much presence here, as i occasionally and suddenly lose interest in forums for no apparent reason.

Hello,

My name is Dave and I live in the Cleveland Ohio area. I have been into metal since the late 70's/early 80's. I grew up with Maiden, Priest ,Kiss, Sabbath,etc...

I'm basically into all genres of metal except for Folk or Black. Just doesn't do anything for me personally.

I'm a little disappointed in myself for not finding this site earlier.

Dave

Thanks

What metal subgenres do you like the most? Also, it's great to have another person on the board as long as you don't troll.

Now that's a good list! \m/

I'm new here

Yep. I know better.

Okay, so I've been posting here for two weeks or so, but never got to introduce myslf, so here it is.

I am from Slovenia (A small country below Austria and south of Italy) I turned 18 last week and I enjoy most of the metal subgenres (except for deathcore and grindcore not that much) and also a bit of other music (i've been a bit into neofolk and post-rock lately).

I do not do much else than listen to music and play video games, so yeah...

My nickname literaly translates to "by the way" if anyone is interested in that

Like everyone here Ive used this site for a long fucking time, just never the forums really. I did have an account long ago on another e-mail.

I listen more to punk and grind now, but I've been listening to metal for a long time

Cheers! Im Julian, 20 years old and from Germany. Im using metalarchives.com for a very long time now and it helps me a lot
for inquiries and stuff.. so i thought its a good idea to check out that forum here..

Mostly i like bands that got a unique kind of sound, no matter if its black metal, Neofolk, Hardrock, Bluesrock, Old 70´s pop or whatever.. i also like irish folk a lot. But i think im mostly rooted in Black Metal. I also play drums, currently on a Roland TD4 because ive got no possibility to play
an acoustic set here - but the roland is doing very well.
Some of my Fav. Bands are:

Primordial
Agalloch
Empyrium
Helrunar
Alcest
Wolves in the Throne Room
Imperium Dekadenz
Iron Maiden
Aaskereia
Eis
AC/DC
Dornenreich
Nile (the one and only Death metal Band that i love)
Vali
Funeral Mist
Marduk
Austere
Woods of Desolation
Arstidir Lifsins

and so on..

Albums that i enjoy mostly this time are Primordial´s "Redemption at the Puritans Hand" (that record got me for months now) and Helrunar´s "Sol".

cheers
Julian

Howdy. I'm new, I guess. I had an old account, but I never really posted or anything, and I forgot that one's information.
I'm Jordan. I play bass, drums, and guitar. I live in a shitty small town in Texas.

Some of my favorite bands, in no particular order:

Valient Thorr
Isis
Carcass
Celtic Frost
Morta Skuld
Deicide
Black Anvil
Slayer (Early)
Obituary (Except for shit like World Demise)
Immortal
Bornholm
Svikt
INVDRS
Kvelertak

your name is great.

Hiya everyone. I'm Vicki and I'm representing the East Coast, North Carolina. I'm an art student/ comic book artist. I like Doom/Folk/death/black/metalcore/drone/avant-garde/nu type metal. I want to expand my metal library!!!!

Few bands I'm into:
Korpiklaani
Funeral
Korn
Rosetta
Decrepit Birth
A Pale Horse Names Death
We Butter the Bread with Butter
Eluveitie
Lamb of God
In Flames
Swallow the Sun
Thurisaz
Amon Amarth

You listen to a little of everything, welcome aboard just avoid John Sunlight and Bastardhead and everything will be golden.